Erawan National Park - Kanchanaburi

Who doesn't love waterfalls!?! Such a beautiful day at Erawan National Park, only about two hours away from Salaya. We spent the day hiking up the mountains to eight different sets of falls, swimming, watching fish, and as always, eating delicious foods! I had a sensational time jumping off rocks and reaching each new location, each one seeming even more breathtaking than the last. The river was "swimming" with large fish that would nibble at our feet as we walked across the slippery rocks, and kiss our tummies as we swam in the blue water. Nature truly is an astounding thing and should be preserved and appreciated for all of time. Check out the gallery for more photos of the falls!

About Erawan:

- The park is located in West Thailand in the Tenasserim Hills of Kanchanaburi Province. It is one of the most famous national parks in Thailand.

- 81% of the park is mixed deciduous forests and the rest deciduous dipterocarp and dry evergreen forest. The park consists of limestone hills with elevation between 165-996m above the sea level, plains and number of streams. The hills protects the park from eastern monsoon.

- The major attraction of the park is Erawan Falls with emerald green ponds, named after the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The top tier of the falls is said to resemble the elephant's head.

- Deeper into the forest some more exciting animals like Indian muntjac, wild elephants, lar gibbon, mainland serow, wild boar, sambar deer can be found.